Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis / Or, Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy Youngsters""

mastheads of the departing battleships

nder fate had he been allowed to

his midshipman had struck the water with the back of his head and had been

icking had been the cause of the disaster,

the water," he rema

arrin, trying to

ed silent for some momen

id it

nically, failing to mention who it

nce on Hallam's part. Th

ll fell over at

f his classmates

iod of silent wondering, "I remember it all now. I w

ed witho

red Hallam, both his mental and bodily po

ented Darrin rat

became of

at each other before

g time, and some launches were put out after us. But they c

s, I don't mind so much for myself, but it's fearful to think that I've dragged

a thing like that?"

n left to pay the price of my tomfoolery all alone. It w

ther. He was choking u

"It's all in the day's work for a sailor.

sink as a means of ending misery. In the first place, human instinct

ood in his pockets at breakfast, I

se they

Dan. "I'm growin

sh," smiled

alzell. "Darry, you know m

," proposed Dave, "until even

cious, all the while, that his own folly had been solely r

pt any track of it; they realize

ave a gasp and raise

ere able to make out the masthe

red and stared, until they felt tolerably c

us!" cried H

hes failed to find us," retorted Dan

the hull became visible, it to

ght over us when she gets nearer," cr

ed Dan. "For my part, I'm growing al

on and on, it looked still more as thou

n: "Look! Th

passing, showing her port side,

heir power, even though they knew that their desperate call

he liner, and now her port

llam joyously. "Look! T

ahead, put off a heavy launch. A masthead lookout, who had first seen the mi

those masthead signals. So the launch steamed a somewhat zig-zag course

came very near to closing the

three were dragged in ov

e, as he sank in the bottom of the launch. "They

up at this request, but the life buoys we

ncess Irene"! When the three midshipmen reached deck and it was learned that they w

ee berths. Here, under the doctor's orders, the trio were stripped and rubbed down. Then they were rolled into blankets, and hot

examined them, the steamship's

the ship's master. "We ought to be abl

to give orders to

clothing had been dried, the ship's surgeon consented to their dressing. After

h a contented sigh, after the meal was over; "there

tleship squadron something more than two hours afterward. T

he use of the midshipmen, who, enveloped in these roomy garment

ignal, and from the "Princess Irene's" m

ard your own craft," smiled the

d by the vessels of the squadron a wild di

ed!" read one se

he young men, but ask them t

practical sig

astern of the squadron. Kindly

oth stopped headway. One of the big battleship's launches

and were received by an ensign from the "Massachusetts," who next ga

es property that was in our ca

amazement on Ensign White's face until the two buoy

elieve, Mr. Darrin, judging by your care of government property

o, sir," Dave r

e, while the whole battleship squadron cheered

ates when they had reached deck. Pennington was the only one who did not come forward to

nted what had befallen them,

roic conduct in going to the aid of your classmate. And, Mr. Darrin, I am particularly interested in you

r," returned Dave, with a smile, though